Selmon Expressway Extension To Reopen For Evening Rush Hour

TAMPA, FL — The Selmon Extension will be open for the evening rush hour on Thursday after closing earlier this week when a routine inspection revealed two horizontal wires had come loose from their anchors.

The Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority's team of engineers determined that the repair is a minor one and that it is safe for traffic to be on the structure.

The extension is designed to have maintenance and repairs done inside the roadway with live traffic overhead.

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THEA plans to open the roadway after rush hour Thursday morning to be ready for Thursday evening commuters. Crews will remove the barrels blockading the entrances and update the variable message boards to alert drivers that the extension is open.